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1.1 ! root 1: ! 2: ! 3: ! 4: XQVSS(8) UNIX Programmer's Manual XQVSS(8) ! 5: ! 6: ! 7: ! 8: NAME ! 9: Xqvss - X window system QVSS implementation notes ! 10: ! 11: DESCRIPTION ! 12: The QVSS hardware in the DEC VS1 and VS2 is monochrome. The ! 13: usable size is 864 lines by 960 pixels/line. (Future driver ! 14: mods will default to 1024 pixels/line on the VR260 monitor ! 15: of the VS2, in Ultrix 1.2; for VR260 monitors under 1.1, ! 16: patch the kernel variable qv_def_scrn to 2.). ! 17: ! 18: Probably the most irritating problem with the QVSS hardware ! 19: is the cursor support, which is limited to 16x16. As only ! 20: ``and'' and ``or'' operations are available in the hardware, ! 21: the driver inverts the cursor depending upon the pixels ! 22: below the cursor. We will eventually get fed up and imple- ! 23: ment a software cursor. ! 24: ! 25: Under Ultrix-32 release 1.1 and 4.2BSD, the window system ! 26: will be slightly unreliable due to a kernel problem. Fixed ! 27: in Ultrix32 release 1.2. Under Ultrix-32 1.1, your best bet ! 28: is to use unix domain connections (unix:0 as host spec's) ! 29: for local connections. ! 30: ! 31: Thanks must go to Dave Carver (and others) in the DEC Works- ! 32: tations group for implementing the bit-blit library. Large ! 33: area bit-blit code is compiled on the fly and runs at ! 34: optimal speed. ! 35: ! 36: Performance is now tolerable, between 3400 and 4200 ! 37: characters/second on a VS2. Performance on a VS1 is approx- ! 38: imately 2000 characters/second. Some further improvement ! 39: can be expected. ! 40: ! 41: SEE ALSO ! 42: X(8c), X(1) ! 43: `Xlib - C Language X Interface' ! 44: `ddX - Device Dependent X Interface' ! 45: ! 46: AUTHOR ! 47: Copyright (c) 1984, 1985, 1986 by Massachusetts Institute of ! 48: Technology. ! 49: See X(1) for a complete Copyright notice. ! 50: ! 51: ! 52: ! 53: ! 54: ! 55: ! 56: ! 57: ! 58: ! 59: ! 60: ! 61: ! 62: ! 63: Printed 9/15/87 3 January 1985 1 ! 64: ! 65: ! 66:
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